Philosophical History and the Problem of Consciousness

Theproblemofexplainingconsciousnessremainsaproblemaboutthemeaningoflanguage:theordinarylanguageofconsciousnessinwhichwedefineandexpressoursensations,thoughts,dreamsandmemories.Thisbookarguesthattheproblemarisesfromaquestthathastakenshapeoverthetwentiethcentury,andthattheanalysisofhistoryprovidesnewresourcesforunderstandingandresolvingit.PaulLivingstontracesthedevelopmentofthecharacteristicpracticesofanalyticphilosophytoproblemsabouttherelationshipofexperiencetolinguisticmeaning,focusingonthetheoriesofsuchphilosophersasCarnap,Schlick,Neurath,Husserl,Ryle,Putnam,FodorandWittgenstein.Clearlywrittenandavoidingtechnicalities,thisbookwillbeeagerlysoughtoutbyprofessionalsandgraduatestudentsinphilosophyandcognitivescience.